US 12,011,613 B2
Systems and methods for automatic treatment planning and optimization
Jarkko Peltola, Tuusula (FI); Pauli Suhonen, Helsinki (FI); Christopher Boylan, Helsinki (FI); Stephen Thompson, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Esa Kuusela, Helsinki (FI)
Assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed by Siemens Healthineers International AG, Steinhausen (CH)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,838.
Application 17/665,838 is a division of application No. 16/564,924, filed on Sep. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,278,737.
Prior Publication US 2022/0161058 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); G06F 17/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1031 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1075 (2013.01); G06F 17/10 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1074 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic treatment planning system, comprising:
a user interface; and
a treatment planning module configured to automatically generate a treatment plan candidate based on a prioritized set of clinical goals obtained via the user interface and a set of clinical goals converted from Dose Volume Histogram (DVH) estimates obtained using a knowledge-based DVH model,
wherein the treatment planning module is configured to:
obtain, for each relevant structure of a patient, a Dose Volume Histogram (DVH) estimate based on the DVH model;
convert the DVH estimate into a clinical goal;
generate a quality metric based on the prioritized set of clinical goals and the clinical goals converted from the DVH estimates;
generate a cost function based on the quality metric; and
generate a treatment plan based on the cost function.